Not true. Humans function perfectly well in the dark.
Outdoor lighting, overall, is most definitely NOT nice to have, aside from very specific occasions where it is briefly necessary. It's bad for security, bad for aesthetics, bad for sleep, and bad for health (physical and mental).
When I criticize Obama, I am immediately classified as a right-wing nutjob (and, somehow, automatically a racist, too). When I criticize Bush, I am immediately classified as a bleeding-heart liberal pussy. And, yes, I've criticized both. Frequently and for legitimate reasons.
I personally don't give a shit, but for most people, the idea of being perceived as being on the "other side" is a fear to great to overcome.
Cesspools? Okay, I'll remember to wave as I fly over your boring little burg.
Boring? You're kidding, right?
Wide areas of open land. Countless opportunities for recreation. Fresh, clean air to breath. Peaceful sleep under dark skies, uninterrupted by sirens. And all while still having the conveniences of a city available in less driving time than a typical commute in the coastal shitholes.
Enjoy your endless ocean of concrete. There's no way I could.
I'll stay right where I am and have a life worth living.
If it's the economics you're worried about, relocating people inland will still likely be far less costly than the radical lifestyle/infrastructure changes the tree huggers are advocating.
Exactly right. My plan to adapt to the changes during the next 100 years is to be dead for at least 50 of them.
That's a big part of my plan, also. In addition, I'll simply continue living where I always have, over 1,000 miles in any direction from needing to worry about what the sea level is. (With the added benefit of being far, far away from any large metropolitan cesspools. e.g. NYC, LA....)
This is why using a password manager is a good idea. Just pick a secure one.
Without a good password manager, it is virtually impossible to practice good password procedures. (long, non-dictionary passwords. unique passwords for every site, etc....)
The one that I use not only has a pretty good password generator, but will also warn me about sites that I'm using the same password on, and provide me with a list of other sites where I'm using that password. So for me, the problem you're describing took about 20 seconds to pin down the answer to.
It would be nice however if when they put up the announcement page, thus taking Ubuntu Forums off-line that they also give us a link to a page or other device to change our password.
I'm not too terribly concerned about changing that password right away.
What would be nice is if when this happens, companies would tell users HOW the passwords were being stored. "Not plain text" isn't nearly enough information. Should I discover that my password there is also used on other sites, it would be nice to be able to guage the level of urgency that is appropriate for changing the password on those other sites. Should I expect my password to be cracked in 5 minutes or 5 days? Can I do my password changing tomorrow evening? Or do I need to change my plans for the day and get on it ASAP?
No, "not plain text" is not a sufficient level of information to provide to the users.
You do have to admit that you guys have a problem of too many deaths by firearms,
So, other forms of murder are perfectly OK. Let's just make sure it's not by firearm.
Ok, that's the piece of the puzzle I was missing. Thank you for clarifying that. And here I thought it was murderers that were the problem. But, no, we can't blame anything on a human being with free will who made a conscious decision to take an action. Much more "feel good" to label the criminal a victim and place the blame on an object. That way there are no hurt feelings and all that crap.
Also, how the hell can you claim you live in the "land of the free",
Oh, believe me, those of us who actually understand and care about our constitution abandoned that fantasy long ago. We may lament the loss of that era, but we are under no delusion that it's actually still true.
Yep, the numbers of belligerents going around with box cutters, knifes, baseball bats, and etceteras committing homicides proves that they would kill no matter what... Or wait, no it doesn't. Guess you better ask a mental defective to explain the difference to you.
Ok, get this through your thick, retarded skull.
A gun is an inanimate object. On its own it does nothing. It can do nothing.
You know what the common denominator is in EVERY murder ever committed since the beginning of time? The murderer. A person who made a choice to take the life of another person, and then took action based on that choice. THAT IS THE PROBLEM!
Not guns, knives, swords, or any other inanimate tool that may have been handy at the time.
I can't believe how fucking retarded the anti-gun crowd can be, while not even realizing it.
But, then I guess it's become non-PC to blame actual people for the actions that they chose to take, so we need to find an inanimate object to place the blame on.
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we're not really creatures of the dark.
Not true. Humans function perfectly well in the dark.
Outdoor lighting, overall, is most definitely NOT nice to have, aside from very specific occasions where it is briefly necessary. It's bad for security, bad for aesthetics, bad for sleep, and bad for health (physical and mental).
It would seem that your definition of "less dorky looking" is radically different form mine....
You'd be surprised at how many people are completely oblivious to the concept of humor.
Of course we can criticize our own side.
Well, of course you can, but nobody does.
When I criticize Obama, I am immediately classified as a right-wing nutjob (and, somehow, automatically a racist, too). When I criticize Bush, I am immediately classified as a bleeding-heart liberal pussy. And, yes, I've criticized both. Frequently and for legitimate reasons.
I personally don't give a shit, but for most people, the idea of being perceived as being on the "other side" is a fear to great to overcome.
it's you Americans who are the warmongering expansionist extremist crazy country.
we here in Germany try hard to imitate you guys by the way.
If you truly believe statement #1, then what level of intelligence does statement #2 indicate?
I don't mind driving to work, or driving to the edge of town and catching the bus.
Why you would want to go bicycling in a city is completely beyond me. The enjoyment in that activity is being out in the open spaces and fresh air.
Cesspools? Okay, I'll remember to wave as I fly over your boring little burg.
Boring? You're kidding, right?
Wide areas of open land. Countless opportunities for recreation. Fresh, clean air to breath. Peaceful sleep under dark skies, uninterrupted by sirens. And all while still having the conveniences of a city available in less driving time than a typical commute in the coastal shitholes.
Enjoy your endless ocean of concrete. There's no way I could.
I'll stay right where I am and have a life worth living.
If it's the economics you're worried about, relocating people inland will still likely be far less costly than the radical lifestyle/infrastructure changes the tree huggers are advocating.
Exactly right. My plan to adapt to the changes during the next 100 years is to be dead for at least 50 of them.
That's a big part of my plan, also. In addition, I'll simply continue living where I always have, over 1,000 miles in any direction from needing to worry about what the sea level is. (With the added benefit of being far, far away from any large metropolitan cesspools. e.g. NYC, LA....)
This is why using a password manager is a good idea. Just pick a secure one.
Without a good password manager, it is virtually impossible to practice good password procedures. (long, non-dictionary passwords. unique passwords for every site, etc....)
The one that I use not only has a pretty good password generator, but will also warn me about sites that I'm using the same password on, and provide me with a list of other sites where I'm using that password. So for me, the problem you're describing took about 20 seconds to pin down the answer to.
but the gun kills you; no if's and's or but's about it.
I hate to pick nits, but lots of people survive gunshot wounds.
So there are plenty of ifs, ands, and buts about it.
"Only get worse" == ONLY get worse.
"Before things improve, they will get worse" == Things will eventually get get better, but they'll get worse first.
The "eventually get better" part contradicts the ONLY get worse part.
It would be nice however if when they put up the announcement page, thus taking Ubuntu Forums off-line that they also give us a link to a page or other device to change our password.
I'm not too terribly concerned about changing that password right away.
What would be nice is if when this happens, companies would tell users HOW the passwords were being stored. "Not plain text" isn't nearly enough information. Should I discover that my password there is also used on other sites, it would be nice to be able to guage the level of urgency that is appropriate for changing the password on those other sites. Should I expect my password to be cracked in 5 minutes or 5 days? Can I do my password changing tomorrow evening? Or do I need to change my plans for the day and get on it ASAP?
No, "not plain text" is not a sufficient level of information to provide to the users.
Someone apparently didn't read the very first line of his post where he clearly stated that he does NOT have a facebook account.
Developers play with code.
Sysadmins take the garbage they churn out and wrap it in 10 layers of scripts and filters to actually make it work.
What happens when a nutbag joins the NSA?
Um, business as usual?
The joke wasn't even all that funny when it was new, and told by its originator.
7 centuries (or so it seems) of bastardization later, it's amazing that there are still those who think it makes them clever.
Of course I don't know everything under the sun.
But I also don't have a mortal fear of learning when something comes along that I don't know, yet have a use for.
You do have to admit that you guys have a problem of too many deaths by firearms,
So, other forms of murder are perfectly OK. Let's just make sure it's not by firearm.
Ok, that's the piece of the puzzle I was missing. Thank you for clarifying that. And here I thought it was murderers that were the problem. But, no, we can't blame anything on a human being with free will who made a conscious decision to take an action. Much more "feel good" to label the criminal a victim and place the blame on an object. That way there are no hurt feelings and all that crap.
Also, how the hell can you claim you live in the "land of the free",
Oh, believe me, those of us who actually understand and care about our constitution abandoned that fantasy long ago. We may lament the loss of that era, but we are under no delusion that it's actually still true.
Yep, the numbers of belligerents going around with box cutters, knifes, baseball bats, and etceteras committing homicides proves that they would kill no matter what... Or wait, no it doesn't. Guess you better ask a mental defective to explain the difference to you.
Ok, get this through your thick, retarded skull.
A gun is an inanimate object. On its own it does nothing. It can do nothing.
You know what the common denominator is in EVERY murder ever committed since the beginning of time? The murderer. A person who made a choice to take the life of another person, and then took action based on that choice. THAT IS THE PROBLEM!
Not guns, knives, swords, or any other inanimate tool that may have been handy at the time.
I can't believe how fucking retarded the anti-gun crowd can be, while not even realizing it.
But, then I guess it's become non-PC to blame actual people for the actions that they chose to take, so we need to find an inanimate object to place the blame on.
I do not want to learn nor should have to learn.
People actually feel comfortable saying shit like this openly, and yet we wonder why the world is turning to crap......
I fully understand that you may not chose those thoughts.
You do chose your actions.
Well played, sir....
Go educate yourself then come back and try again.
You don't even realize what an idiot you sound like to people who are actually informed, do you?
It involves taking responsibility,
Unfortunately, this is now seen as an archaic notion, which has no place in our "modern" and "enlightened" society.
We must blame all problems on inanimate objects, or else we run the risk of someone feeling bad.